ANALYSIS #022
Published
Analysis: before you argue, agree on the words
Four laws of logic that end half of all arguments with a single question. And three places where the lecture itself fails them.
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DOSSIER #04
Under investigation
Dossier: The language of the interface
How companies speak about themselves and to their users: from vague wording on the about page to a button label that promises nothing. One question, a genre analysis, an observation and a rule.
QVORIX editorialUpdated
ANALYSIS #021
Published
Analysis: who gets to change the rules of your money
The history of money from a Templar receipt to bitcoin, told through one question: who can change the rules and do they need your consent.
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NOTE #212
Published
Question first, brief second
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QUESTION #041
Under investigation
Why did interfaces get faster while waiting got longer?
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RESEARCH #017
Updated
Speed as a form of respect
What loading metrics actually measure, what they miss, and why a fast site can still feel slow.
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ANALYSIS #020
Published
Analysis: why solitude started to look like freedom
The lecture explains falling birth rates through money, square metres and psychology. We check what the data supports and what rests on an assumption of a single design.
N°025 min2 sources
DOSSIER #02
Under investigation
Dossier: Speed
The gap between measured and experienced speed: where it appears, what creates it and what design does about it. Question, research, observation and rule in one reading route.
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OBSERVATION #058
Published
A "Submit" button promises nothing
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DOSSIER #03
Under investigation
Dossier: Consent
What happens at the moment a person agrees to something in an interface: from the legal construct to the size of the checkbox.
QVORIX editorialUpdated
ANALYSIS #019
Published
Analysis: WCAG 2.2 as an editorial document
The accessibility standard is usually read as a checklist. Read as an editorial text it shows something else: it describes obligations to the reader, not restrictions.
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OBSERVATION #055
Published
Field labels vanished from mobile forms
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RESEARCH #014
Published
Consent that cannot be read
How consent works in the interface, why it goes unread, and what can change without breaking requirements.
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NOTE #201
Published
A status instead of a promise
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QUESTION #036
Forming
Can trust in a site be seen before the first click?
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QUESTION #030
Testing
How much Cyrillic is lost in interfaces designed in Latin?
QVORIX editorialUpdated
OBSERVATION #052
Published
Empty states explain a product better than the homepage
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QUESTION #039
Open
What does a person actually confirm by pressing "Agree"?
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ANALYSIS #016
Published
Analysis: the "About us" page as a genre
The genre has a stable structure, almost independent of the company. We take it apart and see what remains when the mandatory parts go.
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OBSERVATION #049
Published
Studio sites resemble each other more than their work does
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RESEARCH #011
Published
Cyrillic in interfaces: where the rhythm breaks
What happens to a layout when it moves from Latin to Cyrillic, and a set of rules that removes most of the trouble.
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QUESTION #018
Archived
Does a site need a "News" section?
QVORIX editorialUpdated
QUESTION #024
Open
Why do companies describe themselves in words nobody says out loud?
QVORIX editorial
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